Head of Strategy - UK&I Remote
Job description
Reporting through to Hanne, our Global Strategy Director, your key stakeholders will be the UK&I leadership team who you’ll collaborate with closely to produce credible analysis, growth opportunities and challenges, helping them make decisions that will inspire the world to love great coffee.
A bit about us...
We’re Costa Coffee, masters of our craft since 1971 when the Costa brothers opened their first Roastery in London. A lot has changed since then. You may know us as the UK’s leading coffee Brand, but we can now be found in over 40 countries across EMENA, APAC and Americas. We’re on a mission like no other as we inspire the world to love great coffee. This is all supported by being part of The Coca-Cola Company.
Along with our leading Retail formats, it’s our ground-breaking FMCG offering and Costa X on-the-go propositions, that help us serve our B2B partners across the globe. And as for coffee technology, we’re quite simply trailblazing the industry. Here at Costa, it’s about doing a great job alongside brilliant people who share a passion for growth. And we promise, we’ll always make sure you’re loving your craft.
A bit about the role...
Fuelled by great coffee, we’re innovative, ambitious and on a growth journey like no other, and this role will help us drive amazing growth for Costa, which is what we’re all about right now. Day to day, you’ll be providing timely analysis, making informed recommendations on strategic planning, directing and co-ordinating activities to manage and implement our transformation programme across UK&I, whilst working alongside the great team in global transformation. What could be better than that?
- Work across functions (global and local) to identify executional roadblocks.
- Support the process of new market prioritisation and working closely with proposition leads and GMs to assess/develop plans for new market entries.
- Lead targeted strategic support on certain 5-year plan business initiatives.
- Collation and review of exec-level performance and progress reporting.
A passion for growth and innovation is just the start of what we’re looking for. So, what else makes a great UK&I Head of Strategy at Costa?
- Affinity to work collaboratively with buckets of warmth and passion to influence key stakeholders and manage relationships across our brilliant organisation.
- Strategic analysis and synthesis skills that convert data and information into exciting evidence-based actionable insights, always with a global perspective to support our growth ambitions.
- Exceptional commercial, financial, and business acumen, with the ability to conceptualise, articulate, and package ideas that are clear, exciting and strategically sound.
- Support the international team – helping to set key targets and milestones aligned to strategy, objectively tracking performance, flagging risks and issues, and fostering strong working relationships globally.
We’re on a growth journey like no other; more countries, more propositions, and opportunities to stretch your skills alongside our warm people, so we want you to feel valued and rewarded with, great perks and benefits:
- Car Allowance
- BUPA Healthcare and Babylon GP
- Costa Pension Scheme
- Bonus Scheme
- Group Income Protection and Life Assurance
- 50% staff discount in our equity stores, 25% staff discount in franchise stores
- Access to The Coca-Cola Company Share Incentive Plan
- 25 days Holidays
Costa Coffee is made up of true experts and masters of their craft who stretch their limits to what’s possible. It’s why we work so well remotely. We trust our teams and embrace technology to help us collaborate. And if needed, we have offices all over the world for those important connection points. Our remote working allows you to balance your work and personal life, while retaining Costa’s much-loved culture.
DE&I Statement:
At the heart of Costa Coffee are our values. We believe in Passion, Warmth, Courage and Trust. You will be part of a genuine and committed team that shares the love for coffee and a desire to deliver great experiences to our customers, committed and people. We celebrate inclusion and equality and believe everyone should bring their true self to work. We advocate collaboration and transparency and embraces differences in all that we do.
For any reasonable adjustments and general queries please contact [email protected]
